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Been checking some of the new and upcoming games coming out over the next couple of years and came across Atriarch.  The devs have gone for some totally different (far out) character models in this one, its like something out of a HR Giger book, sounds promising, if it delivers, dunno if i could get used to thier brand of 'art' though ...

CP decide your standing, and its your standing that decide where in the ladder you fall. If to get rank 14 you have to be in the top 0.1% (approx), and there are 1000 ppl getting the required 25+ kills then you have to rank 10 or above consistantly to get and keep it.

To expand this say to get Rank 8 you need to be in the top 12%, if we have 1000 ppl achieving 25+ kills to rank then you'd have to consitantly place 120 or better.

Of course these are figures i plucked out of the air, I expect there are more ppl achieving the 25+ kills needed to rank, and I have no idea what % you fall into to achieve a specific rank.  However it (hopefully) shows that unlike DAoC and similar games its not CP that decide ranks its standing, however to get a rank you will need to have earned xxxx CP first and then rank highly second.

tbh I am not sure I really like this change.

Also something that Carke posted ...

Bad change.

This is only going to worsen the gear gap between melees and casters, because the high-end melee rewards increase character power much more than their caster counterparts.

Blizzard clearly doesn't want people to play casters.

I haven't really looked into this myself yet, was wondering if this is the general consensus?

Done Done Done!

When it comes to PvE in a couple of weeks i think there will be slightly less ganking as there will be a BG for all lvls.  

CoE is used to stop ppl getting away from you, its not alot of use on mobs (especially as CoR stops them from running), but imo i'd prefer to take a talent that makes me better at killing or increases your chance of survival.  At least in grps ppl who run away should be forgotten about, rule no#1 of grpvsgrp combat if someone runs away let them get away and concentrate on ppl who are still about fighing, if you chase chance is you'll run the risk of getting split from your grp and dying.

I am tempted to go Soul Link, but a poor selection of Demon talents made me change my mind, now with the buff that tree has been given it seems a more tempting option, especially with the 40% mana reduction for summoning new pets.

I'm Ruin and Fire atm, its a bit of a no brainer, the main focus is damage.  However  You wont come close beating a mage for pure DPS, this doesn't mean you cant beat them in a fight, especially if you have your VW out (or any pet really), as your defense can out last their offense.

Imo i rate Shadowburn as one of the best talents period, its a low mana insta, useable once every 30 secs, i have been able to use it twice in a fight before, so i always start off with it in PvP.  Its essential as far as i am concerned, however i dont often use it in PvE as i only seem to get a shard back even when i use it to finish, 30% of the time.

Keep Shadowburn its an insta and comes in very handy in PvE and PvP, its imo the best Talent in any of the trees.  Despite Nightfall giving insta Shadowbolts, i prefer Shadowburn for the simple reason you dont have to rely on luck to use it, and its low mana as all talent spells are.

Personally i tried Nightfall and didn't find it that useful, it didn't often proc in PvP, in PvE i usually had the situation under control and so never needed to use a Shadowbolt, i typically use Life Tap (turn health into mana), then Drain Life, which does damage with no loss of mana, once all 3 dots are on a mob i'd do that twice then finish with a Sword and Firestone.  This is a very mana efficient way of killing mobs.

Grim Reach and Destructive Reach are both very good talents, I have Destructive but thats cos I am heavily spec'd into Searing Pain.  Either are useful, both would rock.

If your taking Improved Imp then you really want to be taking Improved Firebolt, makes an Imp deadly, at my lvl he does roughly 100 damage a second, not including crits.

Fel Dom and Master Summoner are a nice combo, i'd very much like to go for them, however you have Improved Imp/VW/Succubus, i'd recommend only taking improvements in Imp and VW.  Typically i dont use my Succu for xp as it cant hold aggro or for PvP cos of the Soul Shard cost.  You'd prolly imo be best off investing those 3 points elsewhere, Ruin if you can get it is a very nice ability, especially when you use your DD spells in combination with the appropriate debuff i.e Curse of Elements or Curse of Shadow.

Seems to me that your set up nicely to do a spot of drain tanking, on the whole its a good xp set up from what I have heard, and mana efficient when use right.  You should be able to go through mobs with a minimum of downtime, however imo some tweaking might make it better.

Q u o t e:
    i once met a rogue and he kil;led me and i was like WIETF an he was likel olz usux roll pally nub and i was like NU UH and then he killed me again whil i was a ghost

    NEFR ROUGE



TRANSLATER!! FOR THE SAKE OF GOD!! CAN WE GET A TRANSLATER OVER HERE!?!

No, seriously, I really don't understand what the heck you're saying...

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Level 51 NE rogue. Silvermoon